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My firefox won't open links in new tabs on right click - ever since I refreshed Firefox to get rid of yahoo search!

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dwyn
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All this time I have been able to right click on a link and choose "open in a new tab". Somehow yahoo found itself onto my pc and in order to get rid of it, mozilla suggested I refresh firefox. So I did. Now I cant open links in new tabs on my right click! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ help :-)

All this time I have been able to right click on a link and choose "open in a new tab". Somehow yahoo found itself onto my pc and in order to get rid of it, mozilla suggested I refresh firefox. So I did. Now I cant open links in new tabs on my right click! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ help :-)

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FredMcD
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Check the programs that are on your computer

Windows: Start > Control Panel > Uninstall Programs. Mac: Open the "Applications" folder. Linux: Check your user manual.

Go thru the list. If you find something that you don't know what it is, use a web search.

Troubleshoot Firefox Issues Caused By Malware {web link}